Zhang Fan

The Village of Widows

In 1949, a small Chinese fishing village populated almost entirely by women awaits the establishment of a government by the newly victorious communist regime. In addition to other worries, the villagers wonder how the government will react to their traditional customs, which decree that wives may only see their husbands three times a year, and the circumstances under which they are permitted to become pregant are very limited. In addition, those who are caught violating these rules are drowned. The almost exclusively female population of the village is explained by the fact that most of the male population died during an ocean storm. Winner of the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Film in 1989

那五

The Eternal Wave

An underground CPC telegrapher, Li Xia, fights against the Japanese enemy and dies before the eve of Shanghai's liberation in 1939.

Sparkling Red Star

The story of Pan Dongzi, a teenager and son of a Communist army officer. When the father is called off, he leaves Dongzi a red star as a symbol of the cause. While he is away, a bourgeois landlord, Hu Hansan, returns to Dongzi's village where he exacts revenge upon the peasants who had forced him out

Sea Hawk

The Last Day of Winter

Three young people meet by chance on their way to visit relatives imprisoned in a remote labor camp.

The Realm Between Life and Death

Complex tale of love and revenge following the bloody adventures of bandits, communists, and the nationalist army in the 1930s.

Po xi zhan

Spring

A Ghost

A young woman falls in love with her university classmate but her father is against it. She disappears and soon there are rumours that her spirit haunts her family’s villa.

Secret Drawings

Dream of the Red Mansions

Based on the famous 18th century Chinese novel with the same name. Set during the 1700s in China, a prominent family loses its good luck when one of the sons loses the jade chip that was embedded in his mouth.

Song at Midnight, Part II

Jiang Danping arrives in a city at night, where often a mysterious man causes panic.

Plain Shots

During the Anti-Japanese War, Eighth Route Army officer Ma Ying returns to his hometown to mobilize resistance against Japanese forces and traitors. As enemies plot to turn villagers against each other, Ma Ying must rally the people to prevent a devastating massacre.

The Night Robbery

Based on a true story about great robbery of the tombstone treasure in 1938, which marked the end of the King dynasty in China.